Country size comparison

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Iowa is about 6 times smaller than Namibia.

Namibia is approximately 824,292 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 17.55% the size of Namibia. Meanwhile, the population of Namibia is ~2.7 million people (318,946 more people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Namibia vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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